Please help me with this problem
A man has 3 coins as followings:
Coin 1: Head – Head
Coin 2: Tail – Tail
Coin 3: Head – Tail
He selects one coin, it is a head.
He bets it is a two-head coin.
Probability in this case?
Please help me,
Thank you in advance.
Using the classical definition of probability, it is:
probability of an event =
# ways the event of interest can occur / # possible events
...and this is a situation of conditional probability, since we are given that it is a head.
The probability that the coin is a two-headed coin is 0.5, since there are two coins that can produce a head (we are given the information that it is a head), but only 1 of the 2 is a two-headed coin.
P(2-headed | head) = 1/2
Thank you very much, Mod
However, I have another question.
Would I take the bet that it is a 2-headed coin? For sure????
Thanks a lot.
There's a 50% chance of winning, so in the long run, you'll break even.
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